(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given(since 1871).Years
within or near core1874tsbr,1879,1880tsbr,1880br,1887br,1887ts,1888tsbr,1889,1893ts,1893br,1895ts,1898tsbr,1903br,1905ts,1906br,1916br,1920ts,1928ts,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1933,1934br,1938,1944,1947ts,1951,1955,1967br,1974br,1988br,1988ts,1990ts,1995,1996tsbr,2005br,2005ts,2005,2007br,2011ts,2012br,(2017tsbr not in stats)40 times in 145yrs end of 2016,

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours)(9h)once every 16.11 yearsAverage MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts)108 mph

Statistically when this area should be affected
nextaffected this year

Last affected
by2017 August 8th Tropical Storm franklin 60mph brushes south of here while moving west.

This areas
hurricane past1879 Aug 20th,80mph from the ESE1889 Sept 17th,110mph from the East passes just south1933 Sept 22nd,105mph just north from the ESE1938 Aug 25th, 95mph from the ESE1944 Aug 22nd,90mph from the ESE just north1951 Hurricane Charlie hits Aug 19th with 130mph winds just north from the ESE1955 Sept 16th Hurricane Hilda hits with 110mph winds from the east1995 Oct 10th,Hurricane Roxanne hits just north with 115mph winds from the east
2005,Oct 21st Hurricane Wilma passes by to the NE while moving NW by nearly 60 miles. Extensive damage to areas south of Cozumel even more so than from Hurricane Emily earlier in the year.At this time Wilma had winds of 140mph & was moving very slowly.